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People with self-discipline don’t have more willpower. It's the opposite. They figure out how to alter their environment to make it as easy as possible to hit their goals. It’s not about ‘gritting’ your way to success. It’s about engineering an environment that makes it easier to succeed than fail. I hope this helps ONE person to achieve their goals for 2026. - Leila 💅
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I used to carry stress from morning to
night.
Until I learned
this…
The Water Glass
Effect.
Most of the burden we
feel in life comes not from the weight
of what we’re holding, but from how long
we choose to hold it.
I
recently came across an old video of a
professor sharing a powerful lesson with
his classroom of students.
He
holds up a glass of water and asks the
students how heavy it is.
The
students answer with a variety of
figures:
8 ounces. 12 ounces.
16 ounces.
The professor
shakes his head:
The absolute
weight of the glass doesn’t matter. It
depends on how long I hold onto it.
If
I hold it for a minute, nothing happens.
If I hold it for an hour, my arm will
begin to ache.
If I hold it
all day long, my arm will feel numb and
paralyzed.
Well, the weight
of the glass hasn’t changed, but the
longer I hold onto it, the heavier it
becomes.
The students lean
in, and the professor continues with the
deeper lesson:
The stresses
and the worries of life are like this
glass of water.
If you think
about them for a little while, there’s
no problem.
Think about it
for a little bit longer, it begins to
hurt.
If you think about
them all day long, you’ll feel
paralyzed, incapable of doing
anything.
Always remember:
Put the glass down.
Pause to
think about this in your own life:
It’s
not the weight of the argument itself
that bears down on you.
It’s the
weight of replaying it again and
again.
It’s not the weight of
the mistake itself that cripples you.
It’s the weight of revisiting it
again and again.
It’s not the
weight of the regret itself that stops
you.
It’s the weight of ruminating
over it again and again.
Stress,
anxiety, fears, and tension. They all
get heavier with time.
And the
harder you squeeze the glass, the faster
it happens.
As you hold onto
them, they compound the weight of their
burden on you.
So, take a
moment today to notice what water glass
you may still be holding.
What
has your arm trembling under its
increasing weight?
The burden
is not from the weight of what you’re
holding, but from how long you choose to
hold it.
Put the glass
down.
—
♻ Repost
to remind someone: stress gets heavier
the longer you hold it.
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Thanks for re-sharing it! Never gets old 🔥
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